Wanting to reform the world without discovering one’s true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.
RAMANA MAHARSHIThere is no Truth. There is only the truth within each moment.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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Realization is to get rid of the delusion that you have not realized.
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Peace can reign only where there is no disturbance, and disturbance is due to thoughts that arise in the mind.
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The self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself, within yourself.
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There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all.
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Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
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Having set one’s family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community.
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When one remains without thinking one understands another by means of the universal language of Silence.
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An unawakened person sees only his mind, which is merely a reflection of the light of pure consciousness arising from the Heart.
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The inquiry “who am I” turns the mind introvert and makes it calm.
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Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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To ask the mind to kill itself is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see where the mind rises from, and then it will cease to exist.
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Realisation is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage.
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The end of all wisdom is love, love, love.
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If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.
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